Psalms 33
1 Be joyful, O ye righteous, in the Lord; [for] unto the righteous praise is comely.
Ye iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riytful men.
2 Give thanks unto the Lord with the harp: with the ten-stringed psaltery do ye sing [praises] unto him.
Knouleche ye to the Lord in an harpe; synge ye to hym in a sautre of ten strengis.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play beautifully amidst a triumphant shout.
Synge ye to hym a newe song; seie ye wel salm to hym in criyng.
4 For the word of the Lord is upright; and all his works [are done] in truth.
For the word of the Lord is riytful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse.
5 He loveth righteousness and justice: the earth is full of the kindness of the Lord.
He loueth merci and doom; the erthe is ful of the merci of the Lord.
6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Heuenes ben maad stidfast bi the word of the Lord; and `al the vertu of tho bi the spirit of his mouth.
7 He gathereth together like heaps the waters of the sea: he layeth up in store-houses the depths [of the sea].
And he gaderith togidere the watris of the see as in a bowge; and settith depe watris in tresours.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: of him stand in awe all the inhabitants of the world.
Al erthe drede the Lord; sotheli alle men enhabitynge the world ben mouyd of hym.
9 For he spoke, and it came into being: he commanded, and it stood fast.
For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.
10 The Lord frustrateth the resolves of the nations: he bringeth to nought the thoughts of the people.
The Lord distrieth the counsels of folkis, forsothe he repreueth the thouytis of puplis; and he repreueth the counsels of prynces.
11 The counsel of the Lord will stand for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
But the counsel of the Lord dwellith with outen ende; the thouytis of his herte dwellen in generacioun and into generacioun.
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he hath chosen for himself as a heritage.
Blessid is the folk, whose Lord is his God; the puple which he chees into eritage to hym silf.
13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he seeth all the sons of men.
The Lord bihelde fro heuene; he siy alle the sones of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he directeth his view upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe.
15 He fashioneth their hearts altogether; he hath regard to all their works.
Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem.
16 The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
A kyng is not sauyd bi myche vertu; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychilnesse of his vertu.
17 Vain is the horse for victory: nor shall he deliver any by the greatness of his strength.
An hors is false to helthe; forsothe he schal not be sauyd in the habundaunce, `ether plentee, of his vertu.
18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those that fear him, upon those that hope for his kindness.
Lo! the iyen of the Lord ben on men dredynge hym; and in hem that hopen on his merci.
19 To deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.
That he delyuere her soules fro deth; and feede hem in hungur.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: our help and our shield is he.
Oure soule suffreth the Lord; for he is oure helpere and defendere.
21 For in him shall our heart rejoice: because in his holy name have we trusted.
For oure herte schal be glad in him; and we schulen haue hope in his hooli name.
22 Let thy kindness, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in thee.
Lord, thi merci be maad on vs; as we hopiden in thee.
